Fauré and friends

The highly acclaimed French violinist Irène Duval, praised for her “mastery of phrasing and dramatic dimension” (Diapason), “astonishing virtuosity” (Revelation Classiques), and “infinite finesse” (Le Populaire du centre), has made a name for herself as an artist who combines major works from the repertoire with little-known gems with great conviction. Irène Duval was born in France to a French father and a Korean mother and grew up in Japan, Indonesia, and Hong Kong before returning to France at the age of eleven. She studied with Suzanne Gessner and Jean-Jacques Kantorow before joining Roland Daugareil’s class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in 2008. In 2014, she moved to the Kronberg Academy, where she studied with Mihaela Martin for three years.